October 2020
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
Former top cops blast Andrews' power grab
Victoria Police's former chief commissioner Kel Glare and a group of former police commissioners and top cops have blasted Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' proposed new powers as dangerous and undemocratic.
- Patrick Durkin
September 2020
Julian Burnside's return to form
What's the difference between CCTV monitoring a park and CCTV monitoring more generally?
- Myriam Robin
How Julian Burnside learnt to stop worrying and love CCTV
Australia has been at war (and not the metaphorical kind) for most of the past 20 years, and during that time Burnside has usually been rightly concerned about what wars can justify.
- Myriam Robin
May 2019
Frydenberg safe, Abbott in peril: Libs
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has suffered a big hit to his primary vote but it has not fallen low enough to cost him his Melbourne seat of Kooyong, Liberal Party sources say.
- Phillip Coorey
Josh Frydenberg fights off Greens in Kooyong
There wasn't much love for the federal government in Kooyong on Monday but voters aren't convinced to vote Greens either.
- Patrick Durkin
April 2019
Victoria is a key battleground for the government
Once viewed as the jewel in the Liberal crown, it's now where the Coalition is defending three seats with a margin of 6 per cent or less.